Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua Statutory Acknowledgements 1. This attachment to the One Plan lists: a. The statutory acknowledgements, as identified in the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017, that lie within the Horizons Regional Council area. b. The statements of association relating to the statutory acknowledgements and the maps that show the statutory areas; and c. The relevant clauses from the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017. Statutory Areas 2. Attachment of Statutory Acknowledgements is in accordance with section 33 of Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017. 3. Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua have statutory acknowledgements for the following areas within the Horizons Regional Council area. Statutory Area Location Akitio River As shown on deed plan OTS-204-02 Coastal Marine Area As shown on deed plan OTS-204-03 Manawatū River and its tributaries within area As shown on deed plan OTS-204-04 of interest Wainui River and its tributaries As shown on deed plan OTS-204-06 4. Included in the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017 are other statutory acknowledgements, as listed below. However, as these lie outside of the Horizons Regional Council area the information for these sites has been omitted. Statutory Area Location Ruamahanga River and its tributaries As shown on deed plan OTS-204-05 Lowes Bush Scenic Reserve As shown on deed plan OTS-204-07 Oumakura Scenic Reserve As shown on deed plan OTS-204-08 Pukeahurangi / Jumbo As shown on deed plan OTS-204-09 Pukeamoamo / Mitre As shown on deed plan OTS-204-10 Rewa Bush Conservation Area As shown on deed plan OTS-204-11 Area of Interest 5. The Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua area of interest is shown below, as taken from deed plan OTS – 204 – 01. The statutory acknowledgements detailed in this document relate only to those that lie within the Horizons Regional Area. Statutory Acknowledgment for the Akitio River and its tributaries The area to which this statutory acknowledgement applies is the Akitio River and its tributaries (as shown on deed plan OTS-204-02). Statement of Association Under section 28 of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017 the Crown acknowledges the statement of association made by Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua of their particular cultural, spiritual, historical, and traditional association with the Akitio River and its Tributaries. The rivers along the Wairarapa coastline were natural settlement and mahinga kai sites for Rangitāne. The Akitio River, and its tributaries, spring from the inland ranges on the eastern side of the Puketoi Range. The bush covered hills through which the river ran contained pā sites and kāinga for harvesting birds, kiore, and other kai from the forest. Some of the Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua ancestors associated with the Puketoi area at the head of the river were Ruatōtara, Wahatuara, Kuaoriki, Te Rangiwhaka-ewa and Hautumoana. Taurangawaiō was a significant site on the south bank of the river near the junction of Glenora and River Roads. The Akitio River provided a transport route, fresh water, and tuna and koura for Rangitāne traveling from inland settlements to the coast. A traditional trail ran from Hapuakorari in the Tararua Ranges, through Hāwera/Hāmua and out to coast at Akitio. The river mouth was an important mahinga kai, where permanent and seasonal Rangitāne settlements were established for fishing and gathering crayfish, along with gardens on the fertile river flats. It was traditional for Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua to travel to Akitio in autumn. At this time vast quantities of crayfish would be gathered, and dried, to be transported back. The Akitio River served as one of the earliest boundary markers of Rangitāne territory. Whātonga, the grandfather of Rangitāne, divided land between his sons Tautoki and Tara. Some accounts record that the Akitio River mouth was the northern coastal boundary of Tautoki’s takiwā. The boundary line turned inland on the northern bank of the river, towards the Puketoi Range. One of the pā sites along the river was called Mutumanu, situated a short distance inland. The Akitio River mouth was one of the settlements reoccupied by Rangitāne after the period of exile at Nukutaurua (on Māhia Peninsula). There is an urupā site on the south bank of the river mouth. Statutory Acknowledgment for the Coastal Marine Area The area to which this statutory acknowledgement applies is the Coastal Marine Area (as shown on deed plan OTS-204-03). Only the yellow highlighted portion of the Coastal Marine Area is within the Horizons Regional Council area. Statement of Association Under section 28 of the Rangitāne Tū Mai Rā (Wairarapa Tamaki nui-ā-Rua) Claims Settlement Act 2017, the Crown acknowledges the statement of association made by Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua of their particular cultural, spiritual, historical, and traditional association with the Coastal Marine Area. Rangitāne trace their connection to the coastal marine area from Te Aho a Maui (Cape Turnagain) to Turakirae back to the earliest Māori ancestors. The archaeological sites of early Māori coastal settlement, such as those in Palliser Bay, date from the period of Rangitāne occupation. Traditionally, Rangitāne maintained their ancestral relationship with the coastal area for at least 28 generations through migrations to seasonal fishing camps, and knowledge of ancestral relationships and usage rights. The associations to the coastal marine area outlined below include the interests of Te Hika o Pāpāuma. Te Aho a Maui is the ancestral name for Cape Turnagain on the Wairarapa coastline. The name means ‘Maui’s fishing line’, which is part of the well-known story of Maui and his brothers fishing up the land mass now known as the North Island. Further north, Te Matau a Maui, sometimes referred to as Te Kauae a Maui, (Cape Kidnappers) is the hook used by Maui, and the coastline running south is his line. The bend in the line at Cape Turnagain is seen as representing where the line was held. Rangitāne consider Maui to be an important ancestor. Rangitāne’s mother was from Te Aitanga-a-Kupe, who were descended from Maui. One of the Rangitāne fishing grounds offshore from Te Aho a Maui was called Poroporo. The next important ancestor was the great voyager Kupe. When he came to Rangiwhakaoma (Castlepoint), he battled the octopus Te Wheke o Muturangi, which had hidden in a cave in the reef below the lighthouse. The cave is known as Te Ana o te Wheke o Muturangi. Kupe also settled the Kawakawa (Palliser Bay) area. The next explorer was Whātonga, the grandfather of Rangitāne, who settled for a time at Rangiwhakaoma, where he built a pā called Matirie on the site of the current lighthouse. Rangiwhakaoma has always been an important location for Rangitāne. The lagoon made a natural sheltered stopping point for travelers along the Eastern coastline, where they could replenish food and water supplies. Rangiwhakaoma has a long history of Rangitāne occupation and resource use. There are a number of traditional fishing grounds off the coast at Rangiwhakaoma. There are numerous places along the length of the coastline where Rangitāne had permanent and seasonal occupational sites. Beach-side kāinga were used as a base to harvest koura, inanga, kina, pāua, oysters and other shellfish, shark and other fish species. The beaches were used as location to dry and/or smoke the harvest which was then stored, and could be traded or taken to inland settlements. The locations used by Rangitāne hapū for occupation and coastal resource use include: Tautāne, Wainui, Akitio, Owhanga, Mataikona, Whakataki, Rangiwhakaoma, Otuhaumi, Waimimiha, Whareama, Oruhi, Motukairangi, Uruti, Okautete, Kaihoata, Te Unuunu, Waikekeno, Pukaroro, Te Awaiti, Matakitaki, Ngāwihi, Te Kawakawa (Palliser Bay), and Ōnoke Moana. Rangitāne have many wāhi tapu along the coastal area. It was traditional for sand dunes to be used for burials, and urupā can be found along the coastline. One such urupā area is the sandhills at Ocean Beach, north of Rangiwhakaoma, where kōiwi and other artifacts are exposed from time to time. Rangitāne were involved in a number of battles at coastal pā, such as Oruhi at Whareama. Battles took place on the beaches and foreshore, where tupuna were killed. Another wāhi tapu is the large rock on the foreshore at Matāikona, Te Rerenga o Te Aohuruhuru, where Aohuruhuru leapt to her death after being shamed by her husband. Rangitāne o Wairarapa and Rangitāne o Tamaki nui-ā-Rua commemorate locations where drowning’s have occurred. In some dangerous fishing and swimming spots, there is kōrero about taniwha who live below the water who drag swimmers, divers or fishermen to their deaths. For example, a taniwha is said to live under a rock at the mouth of the Owahanga River. The taniwha serves as a warning against the strong currents which can drag swimmers underneath the rock and into the jaws of the taniwha. Similarly, the octopus Muturangi is said to be responsible for drownings on the reef at Rangiwhakaoma. The coastal marine area is of strong significance for Rangitāne people. Whilst most of the kōrero here connects to the landward area, the fishing rohe of Rangitāne extended many miles out to sea and Rangitāne tupuna intimately knew the nature of the underwater terrain and fishing grounds offshore. Their interests extended well below the sight of land.